Word: progenitor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Progenitor cells give rise to two types of brain cells, the neurons (nerve cells) and the glial cells (nourishing cells), which develop into specialized brain structures...
...time the newborn mice reached maturity, the neural progenitor cells had secreted the missing enzyme, engrafted throughout the brains and appeared as normal constituents of the central nervous system...
...researchers' work suggests that neural progenitor cells could eventually be used to treat Sly Disease in humans...
Potentially, the neural progenitor strategy could be used to treat this wider group of genetic ailments, which include Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's disease, galactosemia and dozens of other maladies that affect millions of people worldwide...
...first step in developping such a brain-transplant therapy will be to identify and clone neural progenitor cells in humans...